Camponeses Brazil's Peasant Movement in Historical Perspective (1946-2004)

Comparison of the histories of three leading peasant organizations in the Pontal do Paranapanema region of Brazil-the Partido Comunista do Brasil (PCB) from 1945 to 1964, the Confederacao Nacional de Trabalhadores na Agricultura (CONTAG) from 1964 to 1984, and the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem-Terra (MST) from 1984 to 2004-suggests that continuity is as important as change in understanding Brazilian peasant movements. The MST has been considered a "new social movement" in that it has eschewed partisan politics, incorporated families as members rather than just male heads of household, had a national scope and a participatory decision-making structure, and been attuned to the international struggle over globalization. Placing it in historical perspective makes it clear, however, that this is not the first time that militants have organized around the concept of peasants as a political identity; that while the representation of peasants in the leadership of contemporary rural labor organizations may be greater than in the past, earlier peasant leaders also struggled on behalf of their class; that earlier peasant organizations had, if not a national presence, a substantial presence in the agricultural states of the time; and that attempts at international organization to unite peasant struggles around the globe are not entirely new. This is not to deny the innovative features of contemporary movements but to suggest that the investigation of past achievements will contribute to a fuller appreciation of these movements' conditions and prospects.

Antropologia da doenca e do doente: percepcoes e estrategias de vida dos tuberculosis.

The article examines how tuberculosis patients who were exiled to sanitarium-cities in the state of Sao Paulo reacted to the social representations assigned to them not only by the public at large but by medical workers as well. By evaluating memoirs and related documents from the perspective of the anthropology of disease and the diseased, it was possible to identify the network of signifieds created by the afflicted community.

Saúde da Família: O desafio de uma atenção coletiva

The Family Health Strategies, incorporated by the Ministry of Health in 1994, has consolidated the national policy of health care that has as its main care focus the family. In this model, this institution constitutes the first object of attention, understood from its environment and interaction. In recent decades, the Brazilian family structure is suffering profound changes that directly affect the practices of health care. This study redeem the family concepts and ideas and their social representations and still prove and present the importance and the necessity of the use of these ample instruments of collective boarding in health area: the APGAR, the genogram and eco-map, using the environment observation and family history - crucial factors to the reality of the nuclear family diagnosis - for further planning of health action strategies. It was concluded that the current structure of the family require training from the health teams, for physical, cultural, biological and social points of the family context for the correct use of the instruments cited, important tools for collective approach in the public health area.

Atividade física e doença de Parkinson: mudança de comportamento, auto-eficácia e barreiras percebidas

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

O fazer teórico-prático do nutricionista na estratégia saúde da família: representações sociais dos profissionais das equipes

Pós-graduação em Alimentos e Nutrição - FCFAR

Entre os discursos, as representações e as práticas: crianças e jovens empregadas domésticas na cidade de Marília

Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais - FFC

Suicídio revolucionário: a luta armada e a herança da quimérica revolução em etapas

Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais - FFC

Para além da forma: impactos das práticas dos vigilantes do peso no corpo e na auto-imagem dos obesos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Comunicação midiática nas (arqui)dioceses do Brasil: possibilidades para ser igreja virtual

Pós-graduação em Comunicação - FAAC

Telejornalismo regional: identidade e representações

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

O linchamento de Edson Neris da Silva: reelaborações identitárias dos skinheads carecas do Brasil na sociedade paulista contemporânea

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

O poder local em Presidente Prudente - SP, o comerciante e suas representações sociais

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Gêneros do discurso e ensino de língua portuguesa: a leitura da proposta curricular de São Paulo por uma professora de língua portuguesa

Pós-graduação em Educação - IBRC

Representação corporal de jovens em liberdade assistida na cidade de Araraquara-SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Representações sociais: rupturas e protagonismos nas práticas docentes no ensino superior

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR